“I think it's more about getting the best players you can through the door and we've certainly done that this summer. All four players [Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly] are going to be great for this club.

"Paul being the last one is massive news. It has gone on for a few weeks and I think he's as delighted as much as anyone that it's done now and he can focus on his football.

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Michael Carrick has given his opinion on Manchester United's £89m move for Paul Pogba

“I’ve said all along, since I've been here, the club needs the best players in the squad to push each other and challenge each other. Certainly, we've been given that this summer."

Carrick, who was at United when Pogba left for Juventus in controversial circumstances four years ago, claims the atmosphere among the squad is high.

United beat Leicester 2-1 in the Community Shield on Sunday and Carrick believes that could be the start of things to come.

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Carrick was at United with Pogba before he left

"Sunday has given us a good start and a positive feeling around the place to be confident going into the first games of the season and beyond," he told MUTV.

"It's always exciting and always a feeling of what's going to happen looking forward, not just this week and next week but towards the end of the season when we're looking to be challenging for trophies; fighting on all fronts is what we need to be doing.

"We're focused on that end goal. We want to put ourselves in the position in the coming months to really challenge - getting that feeling back and smelling that success come Christmas time. You can't beat that feeling, that something special is around the corner, and we need to get to that point."